Mr. Benn Complete Series 50th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [2021]

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Factory acquired the long-established Rollo Rights catalogue in a move that further underpins its ambition to develop a rights ownership arm that supports its studio production business and with an experienced Factory Rights team is managing and building this new division. I remember stories of Scotland and, although I didn't use any of them directly, things that happened might have come from them. There is one book for which no corresponding television episode has (yet [update]) been made. 123456789 Benn was published in 1970 ( ISBN 0-234-77361-8) and tells the story of Mr Benn as a convict (hence the number) inspiring his jail-mates to brighten up their cells. This was after the BBC – who screened the television series – felt that the story was too mature for a children's series. [5] Bridgewater, Daisy (4 June 2011). "Mr Benn live on stage - Telegraph". Telegraph . Retrieved 28 May 2020.

He continues: “I often say your characters are like your children, you potty train them and look after them and point them in a good direction, but they go off do things you don’t expect – Mr Benn is living his own life and I’m excited to see what people make of the new products that are coming – and hope a new generation of children enjoy them as much as me!” David said: "He was a Mr Everyman for me – anyone could associate with him, so I didn’t want to define him too much. Mr Benn is a good, correct gentleman, but I had no idea what job he’d have and I wanted to keep it that way. I wanted the feeling he could be someone you knew, or indeed could be you."Parkinson, David (13 August 2008). "Ask Parky: As if by magic, will Mr Benn appear?". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 October 2014. The format was simple. Mr Benn was a bowler-hatted businessman who had a bit of a kink for dressing up. Every episode, he'd toddle off to the fancy dress shop, where the magic shopkeeper would furnish him with a new outfit. He'd then step into the changing room and be transported to the appropriate setting (the Wild West if he put on a cowboy suit, a submarine if he put on the diver's suit, etc.). Mr Benn is watching children playing with balloons and clouds drifting across the sky. As usual, he walks to the costume shop, where the magic door leads him to a crowd of people watching six colourful balloons ready to race. Most of them have extra means of propulsion (like propellers and oars) but two do not: one belonging to the villainous Baron Burtrum and the other to a man who asks Mr Benn to become his co-pilot. When the race begins it becomes apparent that Baron Burtrum has sabotaged all the other balloons, including Mr Benn's, which he has tied to a drain pipe. Mr Benn pulls it free and the two balloons drift across the sky. Mr Benn has an idea to let out some of the gas, diverting it horizontally with the drain pipe to provide a form of jet propulsion. This causes the balloon to sink but they nevertheless overtake Baron Burtrum. The Baron cheats again by having a man on a horse tow his balloon, but the animal becomes frightened and runs in the wrong direction. Mr Benn's balloon wins and he receives a medal. The series was voted the sixth most popular children's television programme in the 2001 Channel 4 poll 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows. It was also rated number 13 in the 50 Greatest Kids TV Shows which aired on Channel 5 on 8 November 2013. Mr Benn is asked by a Queen to change her husband's appearance, feeling he is not kingly enough. However, the spells cast by Mr Benn do not turn out as expected, and Mr Benn eventually convinces the Queen that how the King looks is not important.

The series also had a memorable Don Warren theme tune and Ray Brooks’ reassuring narration, which made the endlessly repeated programmes essential viewing for generations of children not yet ready for the giddy, confusing heights of Blue Peter or, for true rebels, Magpie. In 2013 Mr Benn appeared in an advert for 'Mr Porter.com', an on line clothing retailer. The advert was called Mr Benn at Christmas' [17]

Mr Benn was a Londoner... and there's a plaque to prove it

David, said of his grandfather: "He came from Dunfermline and worked at Rosyth before he moved south. My dad spent his youth in Scotland, too. Jimmy Savile joked about interest in teen girls on Loch Ness and said he was 'kidnapping' women at Glencoe home